Cloudflare’s Free Service: The New Playground for Cyber Villains?
Cybersecurity companies warn that cybercriminals are abusing Cloudflare’s TryCloudflare free service to deliver malware. The tactic involves phishing emails leading to malware-laden files on Cloudflare-proxied servers. With languages spanning English, French, Spanish, and German, the campaign’s themes include invoices and taxes, making detection and prevention a global challenge.
Hot Take:
Who knew that Cloudflare’s freebie could turn into a cybercriminal’s BFF? It’s like giving out free candy on Halloween—except the trick is on us!
Key Points:
- Cybercriminals are exploiting Cloudflare’s TryCloudflare service to relay malware.
- Malware cocktail includes AsyncRAT, GuLoader, PureLogs Stealer, Remcos RAT, Venom RAT, and XWorm.
- Phishing emails with ZIP archives kickstart the attack chain.
- Scripts execute actions to evade detection, including launching decoy PDFs and using direct syscalls.
- The campaign is financially motivated and spans multiple languages and topics.
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